Definition of ride

noun (n)

• a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile) (noun.act)

  Synonym: drive
  

  source: wordnet30
• a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement (noun.artifact)

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• The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions (verb.motion)

  Synonym: sit
  

  Example:
  Did you ever ride a camel?.
  

  source: wordnet30
• be carried or travel on or in a vehicle (verb.motion)

  Antonym: walk
  

  Example:
  I ride to work in a bus.
  He rides the subway downtown every day.
  

  source: wordnet30
• continue undisturbed and without interference (verb.stative)

  Example:
  Let it ride.
  

  source: wordnet30
• move like a floating object (verb.motion)

  source: wordnet30
• harass with persistent criticism or carping (verb.communication)

  Synonym: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit
  

  Example:
  Don't ride me so hard over my failure.
  

  source: wordnet30
• be sustained or supported or borne (verb.stative)

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• have certain properties when driven (verb.stative)

  Example:
  This car rides smoothly.
  

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• be contingent on (verb.stative)

  Synonym: depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge on, hinge upon, turn on
  

  Example:
  The outcomes rides on the results of the election.
  

  source: wordnet30
• lie moored or anchored (verb.stative)

  Example:
  Ship rides at anchor.
  

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• sit on and control a vehicle (verb.motion)

  Example:
  He rides his bicycle to work every day.
  She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town.
  

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• climb up on the body (verb.motion)

  Example:
  Shorts that ride up.
  

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• ride over, along, or through (verb.motion)

  Example:
  Ride the freeways of California.
  

  source: wordnet30
• keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Don't ride the clutch!.
  

  source: wordnet30
• copulate with (verb.contact)

  Synonym: mount
  

  source: wordnet30
• To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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